Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID has a population of 114,453 people with a median age of 34.9 and a median household income of $59,991. Between 2014 and 2015 the population of Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID grew from 110,425 to 114,453, a 3.65% increase and its median household income grew from $59,284 to $59,991, a 1.19% increase.

The population of Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID is 85.7%White, 7.17%Hispanic, and 2.93%Asian. 8.51% of the people in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID speak a non-English language, and 96.2% are U.S. citizens.

Median household income in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID is $59,991. Males in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID have an average income that is 1.46 times higher than the average income of females, which is $40,147. The income inequality of Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID (measured using the Gini index) is 0.398 which is lower than the national average.

Households in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID have a median annual income of $59,991, which is more than the median annual income in the United States. Look at the chart to see how the median household income in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID compares to that in it's parent locations.

In 2015 the highest paid race/ethnicity of Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID workers was Black or African American. These workers were paid 1.31 times more than Asian workers, who made the second highest salary of any race/ethnicity.

This chart shows the race- and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID.

10.3% of the population in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID (114,137 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 14.7%. The largest demographic living in poverty is Male 18-24, followed by Female 18-24 and then Female 35-44.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID is White, followed by Hispanic or Latino and Two or more races.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID, are Management, Business, Science, & Arts, Sales & Office, and Service. This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID, are Healthcare & Social Assistance, Retail trade, and Manufacturing. This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID, though some of these residents may live in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Insurance and Medicare coverage combined with state and county level health and safety statistics for Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID. In Idaho the age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, men and women, respectively. The location has a 1 to N/A primary care clinician to patient ratio and a Medicare reimbursement average per patient per year of N/A. Nez Perce County, ID has the highest prevalence of homicides of any county in Idaho.

Idaho residents 6-17 years of age are the largest age group with Healthcare Coverage in Idaho. The age groups most likely to have health care coverage are 6-17 and 6-17, for men and women respectively. Nationally, 6-17 (for men) and 6-17 (for women) are the age groups most likely to have coverage.

Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee in N/A were N/A in N/A, but N/A in N/A. These numbers represent a N/A growth during that year. Medicare Reimbursements per Enrollee in N/A are $N/A N/A the national average.

Medicare is a Federal program which provides health benefits to older Americans. This chart shows how per enrollee amounts have changed in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID compared to national reimburesments.

In N/A, the Medicare enrollees in N/A between the ages of 65 and 75 had N/A eye exams, N/A hemoglobin tests, and N/A lipid tests as part of their diabetes care. Here is a breakdown of each test by race as a percentage of enrollees with diabetes.

In N/A, out of the N/A women in N/A between the ages of 67 and 69 enrolled in medicare, N/A had mammograms. This chart looks at the change in percentage of Black and non-Black Medicare enrollees who had mammograms from N/A to N/A.

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Oneida County, ID has a Diabetes Prevalence value of 12.2%, the highest value of any county in Idaho. This represents a 29.8% growth from the previous year, which had a value of 9.4%.

The following map shows all of the counties in Idaho colored according to their Diabetes Prevalence.

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Owyhee County, ID has a Adult Smoking Prevalence of 18.8%, the highest value of any county in Idaho. This represents a -9.18% decline from the previous year, which had a value of 20.7%.

The following map shows all of the counties in Idaho colored according to their Adult Smoking Prevalence.

According to the 2017 County Health Rankings, Nez Perce County, ID has a Homicide Deaths per 100,000 People of 3.6, the highest rate of any county in Idaho. This represents a N/A from the previous year, which had a value of N/A.

The following map shows all of the counties in Idaho colored according to the number of Homicide Deaths per 100,000 People.

In 2015, the median age of all people in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID was 34.9. Native-born citizens, with a median age of 34.5, were generally younger than foreign-born citizens, with a median age of 39.2. But people in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID are getting getting older. In 2014, the average age of all Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID residents was 34.4.

In 2015, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID was Mexico, the natal country of 1,190 Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID residents, followed by Canada with 802 and Germany with 742.

When compared to other public use microdata areas, Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID has a relatively high number of residents that were born in Kuwait. In 2015, there were 364 people from Kuwait living in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID, approximately 35.1 times more than would be expected based on national averages.

As of 2015, 96.2% of Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93%. In 2014, the percentage of US citizens in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID was 97.2%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been declining in that location.

In 2015, there were 11.9 times more White residents (98,029 people) in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID than any other race or ethnicity. There were 8,205Hispanic and 3,357Asian residents, the second and third most common racial or ethnic groups.

The following bar chart shows the 8 races and ethnicities represented in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID as a share of the total population.

8,999 of Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID citizens are speakers of a non-English language, which is lower than the national average of 21%. In 2015, the most common non-English language spoken in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID was Spanish. 2.76% of the overall population of Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID are native Spanish speakers. 1% speak Serbo-Croatian and 0.7% speak Chinese, the next two most common languages.

When compared to other public use microdata areas, Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID has a relatively high number of residents that are native Serbo-Croatian speakers. In 2015, there were 1,144 native Serbo-Croatian speakers living in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID, approximately 12.54 times more than would be expected based on the language's frequency in the US more broadly.

In 2015 universities in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID awarded 117 degrees. The student population of Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID is skewed away from females, with 62 male students and 55 female students. Most students in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID are White (97 and 82.9%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (6 and 5.13%), Two or more races (3 and 2.56%), and American Indian (3 and 2.56%). The largest universities in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID by number of graduates are ITT Technical Institute-Boise (66 and 56.4%), Boise Bible College (51 and 43.6%), and N/A (N/A and N/A). The most popular majors in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID are Registered Nursing (37 and 31.6%), System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management (12 and 10.3%), and Electrical, Electronic, & Communications Engineering Technology (12 and 10.3%). The median tuition costs in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID are N/A for private four year colleges, and $11,250 and $11,250 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

In 2015, the Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID institution with the largest number of graduating students was ITT Technical Institute-Boise with 66 graduates.

Most students in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID are graduating from Private for-profit, 4-year or above institutions. Here is the breakdown of tuitition costs by sector for both in-state and out-of-state tuition:

In 2015 the majority of students graduating from institutions in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID were White. These 97 graduates mean that there were 16.2 times more White graduates than the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 6 graduates.

The median property value in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID is $183,000, which is 0.94 times smaller than the national average of $194,500. Between 2014 and 2015 the median property value increased from $176,700 to $183,000, a 3.57% increase. The homeownership rate of Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID is 71.4%, which is higher than the national average of 63.9%. People in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID have an average commute time of 19.9 minutes, and they commute by Drove Alone. Car ownership in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$59,991

Median Household Income

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40,166

Number of Households

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In 2015, the median household income of the 40,166 households in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID grew to $59,991 from the previous year's value of $59,284.

The following chart displays the households in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75-$100k range.

The following charts display, first, the property values in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID compared to other geographies and, second, owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property value buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID the largest share of households have a property value in the $150k-$175k range.

This chart shows the households in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800-$1.5k range.

In 2015, 71.4% of the housing units in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 73.1%.

This percentage of owner-occupation is higher than the national average of 63.9%. This chart shows the ownership percentage in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID compared to its parent geographies.

The following chart displays the households in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Meridian (Northeast) & Boise (Far West) Cities PUMA, ID have 2 cars, followed by 3 cars.